Allison Hardin, CFM tried to retire in 2022 after 30 years of progressive levels of service and responsibilities in local governments of coastal South Carolina, but was drawn back in by her love of helping others. Her experience includes regional and urban planning, GIS mapping and coordination, floodplain management, hazard mitigation planning, business operations, emergency services, and planning agency supervision. She has been a longstanding partner in, and supporter of, NOAA's Digital Coast project; chaired both the SC Association for Hazard Mitigation and state ArcGIS users groups; and nationally, served four years as a Coastal Issues co-chair for the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and six years in leadership (including chairmanship) in the American Planning Association's (APA) Hazard Mitigation/Disaster Recovery Planning Division. During her years of volunteer leadership, she and her teams received multiple awards, including APA Divisions Council Achievement Awards in Communications Efforts (2019) and Best Practices (2020), the Louthain Award from ASFPM, an SC Planning Advocacy award, and Public Service Employee of the Year from the City of Myrtle Beach. Allison celebrated 20 years as a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) in 2023, and became a Certified Zoning Inspector (CZI) in 2024. She previously served as Director of Development Services (Building, Planning, Stormwater, and Zoning) for Lancaster County, SC.